Lunenburg woman drowns in Hickory Hills Lake

Heather Duval, 35, of Lunenburg, was pronounced dead at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster soon after arriving by ambulance, according to Timothy Connolly, spokesman for Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.

Mr. Connolly said the district attorney's office was investigating the death, although it did not appear suspicious.

The Lunenburg Fire Department was called to Hickory Hills Lake near 212 Townsend Harbor Road at 2:14 p.m. Friday about a missing person.

Three firefighters in a boat searched the shoreline of the private lake and found Ms. Duval, who was pulled from the water and taken by ambulance to HealthAlliance at 2:59 p.m.

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